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The real world can be a dark and confusing place. It can be lonely, it can be scary, and you might wish you could just escape to somewhere where everything is different. Luckily for you, you're about to learn how to invent your own small part of the world - a country, city or town - where you can escape to through dream, whenever you feel the need. Such an imaginary space can draw you out of depression, help you work better in the real world, and may also assist you to become more optimistic.

Make a list. Take a pencil and a notepad and list all the things in this country, city or town that you think could be changed. It could be government, relationships you have, the way our world looks, the way you look, monetary issues, food availability and flavor, world population, taxes, bills, and so forth. Whatever you don't like, put it on the list too, so that you can avoid recreating that.

Draw a general sketch. Make a basic sketch that sums up a good view of your dreamscape. It may be a map, it could be a picture of your main street, it could be the view from the coffee shop in your world. For brevity and manageability, while it could be a country, making it a city or town will make it easier to work with. Whatever you choose, be sure to make it unique.

Do whatever you like. If you like fishing as a sport or hobby more than anything, then make the major competitive sport fishing! You could even make angling the most common job. Make the national or local food your favorite food, design your own flag using your favorite colors and symbols, make the country's or city's motto using your favorite phrase.

If you have trouble imagining it, try to make it more realistic by adding a couple hazardous or irksome components (for example, you could add a patch of stinging nettles to the glorious meadow of your dreams, or add a mean man who owns the supermarket, et cetera.) Just don't make it a sad-and-depressed-land, for if you do, you can't really have a good time in your dream world. You have to find the balance, to ensure it's a lovely place to escape to.

Define the layout. Decide where you want the stores to be, where your house will be, what your house looks like, and so forth. It is strongly suggested that you have the layout completely ready and almost memorized before you slowly add in people.

Add people. This is probably one of the best parts. If you add people one at a time (which is the suggested method,) you can personalize their hair, clothes, personality, age, job, and even how you met them. Write it down in a notepad or journal (preferably the one that you wrote the list of things you don't like in.)

Devote a page to every person. That way they may seem more realistic, which may be important later on.

Learn how to transfer this country, city or town to your dreams! Remember that this is a very slow process. You have to add just small bits of information at a time, or else it won't work. The ability to control your dreams is known as lucid dreaming, and it is possible.

Start small. Say that you want to dream you're in a meadow, a beautiful meadow that you added earlier to your dreamscape. Tall grass grows lush and high, and when the sun trickles through the blades like warm honey, they ignite and turn a brilliant shade of green. A warm wind sweeps through, soft and deliciously sweet. In your hand you hold a book, a thick, rich, delicious book with a sturdy cover just barely managing to behold the magic that lies within. You feel so happy you feel as though your heart is swooping about, fluttering in your rib cage. Birds perch in the tall trees surrounding you and serenade you with glorious music. You lie down in the sweet grass, feeling so happy, so deliriously drowsy...

Constantly check back. If you forget about your made-up land for a while, or just don't think about it, it may disappear or change. Think about it a lot, but don't get distracted; try to keep it on the weekends or at bedtime. Most of all, have it in your head like you would keep an ace in your hand; whip it out when you need it most. When you truly need an escape, take a free vacation to the land (literally) of your dreams.

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What if the place is in a video game, such as Minecraft?

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You can totally use something like Minecraft for the setting of your dreams and still use the steps in this article. You can even add your own creative touch by changing things, inventing your own characters, etc.

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Don't let it consume your real life. It can really aid in the happiness and communications department of life, but don't let it block out time with real people, and don't let it distract you on the job!

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wikiHow is a “wiki,” similar to Wikipedia, which means that many of our articles are co-written by multiple authors. To create this article, 13 people, some anonymous, worked to edit and improve it over time. This article has been viewed 11,508 times.